GaInP/GaInAs/Ge triple junction solar cells for ultra high concentration

Proceedings of the 2009 Spanish Conference on Electron Devices, CDE'09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 383-386

  Barrigon, E ^a   Rey Stolle, I ^a   Galiana, B ^a   Garcia, I ^a   Algora, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION LEVELS; DOUBLE-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; LATTICE-MATCHED; TRIPLE-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ULTRA HIGHS; WORLD RECORDS;

ELECTRON DEVICES; GERMANIUM; SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 64949123202     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SCED.2009.4800513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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